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MILLER: Remembering the Ascot tragedy

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MILLER: Remembering the Ascot tragedy

By alley - Nov 11, 2016, 11:57 AM ET

Above: Don "Pappy" Branson winning at the Sacramento Mile in 1965.Fifty years ago in a sprint car race at Ascot Park, a veteran hero and a future star perished in the same accident to bring the curtain down on one of USAC's darkest seasons.Don "Pappy" Branson, a 46-year-old master of...

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